Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasi-Mehr accused Valiollah Seif, who led the central bank from 2013 to 2018, of “wasting” more than $30bn and 60 tonnes of gold reserves” Tasnim news agency reported. “Ex-boss of Iran central bank indicted over ‘wasting’ of funds,” Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, May 5, 2021.

Here is the next clue in this story. “Iranian emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi said the diplomat’s body was found by a gardener after an employee who arrived at her apartment early on Tuesday noticed she was missing, the news agency Fars reported. “This person was the first secretary of the Swiss embassy,” Khaledi told Mehr news agency. “The cause of her fall has yet to be determined,” he told Fars.” See “Senior Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise building,” Reuters,” May 5, 2021.

The rep for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace believes that a piece of paper binds action.  They need to judge on action, though, in the past and for today, let alone tomorrow.  “US, Iran signal possible breakthroughs in nuke talks,” Laura Kelly, The Hill, May 5, 2021.

“About these European reports. First, they were nowhere to be seen on the front pages of The New York Times or Washington Post, which cover the Iran nuclear talks closely.”  See “Iranian Compliance and the JCPOA Negotiations,” Blog Post by Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Affairs, May 5, 2021.

“Iraqi president: Talks between rivals Iran and Saudi ongoing,” Intelligencer, May 5, 2021.

“They give the name of the diplomat as Sylvie Brunner and say that a newspaper named Hamshahri has provided a different account. This account says a loud noise “like an explosion” was heard after midnight on Tuesday. This was eight hours before the body was discovered. “Hamshahri said a cleaner discovered the body and immediately informed the building’s management. It quoted an expert from the coroner’s office confirming death occurred eight hours before the body was discovered.”  See “Death of diplomat in Iran feeds gossip and conspiracies – analysis,” Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 5, 2021.